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1. Henry T. Allen papers, 1806-1933

   15,000 items. 62 containers plus 11 oversize. 22 linear feet. 3 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer. Correspondence, diaries, writings, reports, military documents, photographs, printed matter, scrapbooks, and miscellaneous material relating mainly to Allen's military career.

2. William Shepherd Benson papers, circa 1791-1952

   17,000 items. 51 containers plus 6 oversize. 26.3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Naval officer and public official. Correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, speeches, reports, maps, naval appointments, family papers, photographs, and printed materials relating primarily to Benson’s naval career, including service as chief of naval operations during World War I.

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   Some or all content stored offsite.

3. James G. Harbord papers, 1886-1938

   24,000 items. 38 containers. 14 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Army officer and business executive. Correspondence, personal diary, confidential cables, administrative memoranda of General John J. Pershing, records of conversations, clippings, scrapbooks, operational maps, barrage charts, sketches, records of the United States Army 2nd Division, a portrait, translations of war diaries of the German army, and other papers pertaining to Harbord's service in the American military, principally during World War I.